‘Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Volume 2’ by Nia King and Elena Rose
For anyone feeling terrorized by the Trump administration’s dire promises, Nia King’s Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Volume 2 is the perfect antidote to fear and an inspiring handbook of activist creations
A Poem by Lucas Crawford
This week, a poem by Lucas Crawford
Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace on Crafting Her New Punk Rock Memoir
“I found a lot of parallels between recording an album and writing a book. I came to find myself looking at each chapter like a song.”
Ari Banias: On His New Poetry Collection and Trans Representation in the Larger Culture
“[…] I long to get outside the ways culture has directed me to see myself, others, and the world.”
Iconic Performer Lady Chablis, 59, has Died
Lady Chablis, a beloved southern-based cabaret performer and author, has died
‘Alphabet’ Edited by Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery
Reading Alphabet will plunge you into the welcoming rainbow of queer comics.
‘Call Me By My Other Name’ by Valerie Wetlaufer
This book is what happens when aesthetics and activism are yoked in the finest possible literary form
‘Weekend’ by Jane Eaton Hamilton
What is especially wonderful about Weekend is the emotional adventure that occurs completely within the context of romantic and communal relationships
In Conversation: Writers SJ Sindu & Gabrielle Bellot on the Publishing Industry, Marginalized Identities, and Being Labeled a Queer Writer
Writers Gabrielle Bellot and SJ Sindu discuss art vs. activism, marginalized identities, and being labeled a queer author
Reading ‘Stone Butch Blues’ on the First Anniversary of Leslie Feinberg’s Death
Stone Butch Blues is a book that demands with each reading new imaginative possibilities for how to live with and revolt against sex and gender in our world
